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==Timeline== Some events in the history of Moolap: Pre-European Settlement the area inhabited by Bengalat balug (Clan) of the Wathaurong Tribe First European explorers were Lieutenant John Murray (January 1802) and Captain Matthew Flinders (April 1802)<ref>{{Citation |last=Parsons |first=Vivienne |title=John Murray (c. 1775β1807) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/murray-john-2496 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-12-17 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> 1803 to 1835 - William Buckley the first European living in the area<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharp |first=Scott |url=https://jillongpocket.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/the-best-of-the-jillong-pocket.pdf |title=The early history of Geelong, told in easy-to-read short stories. |pages=12, 13}}</ref> 1854 - Whitehorse Hotel operating on the corner of Queenscliff Road and Whitehorse Road 1855 - Moolap Inn operating on the corner of Moolap Station Road and Bellarine Highway 1855 - Parsonage built on a site near the present State School 1858 - United Methodists Free Church chapel built 1871 - Moolap State School No. 1143 opened 1882 - 16 occupiers using Moolap address 1888 - Cheetham Saltworks established
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